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Pomona¹

  • /pəˈmoʊnə/ US

Rhymes with -əʊnə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin Pōmōna.

proper noun

  1. A goddess of fruitful abundance in Ancient Roman religion and myth
  2. colloquial Pomona College
  3. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
  4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Illinois.
  5. A minor city and township in Franklin County, Kansas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland.
  7. A census-designated place in Howell County, Missouri.
  8. A census-designated place in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  9. A village in the town of Ramapo and town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York.
  10. An unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington.
  11. A Mayan archaeological site in the state of Tabasco, Mexico.
  12. A village in Avellaneda department, Río Negro province, Argentina.
  13. A ghost town in southern Namibia.
  14. A suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng province, South Africa.
  15. A locality in the Wentworth council area, south western New South Wales, Australia.
  16. A town in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
  17. The Mainland, Orkney.
  18. 32 Pomona, a main belt asteroid

    Similar: 32 Pomona, ㉜

pomona²

Where it comes from

From Pomona.

noun

  1. archaic, rare A treatise on fruits. The Woolhope Club, having published a "pomona" of Herefordshire, have now undertaken to produce a "flora" of the county, and also volumes giving a description of the birds and the fungi of Hereford.

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name Roman goddess

EspañolPomona
ItalianoPomona
РусскийПомо́на Pomóna

name asteroid

中文果神星 Guǒshénxīng

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MLA

"pomona." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pomona. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pomona. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pomona

Chicago

"pomona." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pomona.

BibTeX
@misc{pomona_2026,
  title = {pomona},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pomona},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}